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Leung, Cynthia; Lo, S. K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The aim of this study was to validate a questionnaire on mastery motivation (task and effort) for use with Chinese preschool children in Hong Kong. A parent version and a teacher version were developed and evaluated. Participants included 457 children (230 boys and 227 girls) aged four and five years old, their preschool teachers and their…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Developmental Disabilities, Parents
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Liberman, Lihi; Ratzon, Navah; Bart, Orit – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Participation is a person's involvement in daily activities in a variety of environments, roles and life situations. Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) experience difficulties in gaining academic achievements or in their engagement in activity of daily living. Motor difficulties have a negative effect on the ability to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Developmental Disabilities, Skill Development
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Desoete, Annemie; Praet, Magda; Titeca, Daisy; Ceulemans, Annelies – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The sensitivity of number sense as cognitive phenotype for mathematical learning disabilities (MLD) was assessed in siblings of children with MLD (n = 9) and age matched children without family members with MLD (n = 63). A number line estimation paradigm was used as a measure of children's early number sense. In line with the triple code model of…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Learning Disabilities, Arithmetic, Kindergarten
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Vandewalle, Ellen; Boets, Bart; Boons, Tinne; Ghesquiere, Pol; Zink, Inge – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This longitudinal study compared the development of oral language and more specifically narrative skills (storytelling and story retelling) in children with specific language impairment (SLI) with and without literacy delay. Therefore, 18 children with SLI and 18 matched controls with normal literacy were followed from the last year of…
Descriptors: Children, Language Impairments, Oral Language, Story Telling
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Ben Itzchak, Esther; Lahat, Eli; Zachor, Ditza A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Objectives: (1) To assess the distribution of parental age and birth weight in a large cohort with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to compare them to Israeli national data. (2) To examine possible relationships between these risk factors and functioning. Methods: The study included 529 participants diagnosed with ASD using standardized tests:…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Autism, Standardized Tests, Pregnancy
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Fernell, Elisabeth; Hedvall, Asa; Westerlund, Joakim; Carlsson, Lotta Hoglund; Eriksson, Mats; Olsson, Martina Barnevik; Holm, Anette; Norrelgen, Fritjof; Kjellmer, Liselotte; Gillberg, Christopher – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Early intervention has been reported to improve outcome in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Several studies in the field have been randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The aim of this study was to assess ASD outcome in a large naturalistic study. Two hundred and eight children, aged 20-54 months, with a clinical diagnosis of ASD…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Early Intervention, Autism, Learning Disabilities
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Van der Bijl, Corne; Alant, Erna; Lloyd, Lyle – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
The aim of this research study was to compare two strategies of sight word instruction in children attending a school for learners with moderate to severe mental disability, namely modified orthography (MO) and modified orthography where an association was made between the modification and the traditional orthography (MO/TO) together with a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Children
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Howard, Jane S.; Sparkman, Coleen R.; Cohen, Howard G.; Green, Gina; Stanislaw, Harold – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
We compared the effects of three treatment approaches on preschool-age children with autism spectrum disorders. Twenty-nine children received intensive behavior analytic intervention (IBT; 1:1 adult:child ratio, 25-40 h per week). A comparison group (n=16) received intensive ''eclectic'' intervention (a combination of methods, 1:1 or 1:2 ratio, 30…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention